2010 January | Here & Now

Here & Now’s George Hicks visits the Fayerweather Street School in Cambridge, Mass., which has a sister school in Haiti. In the “Mother Tongue Books” project, students at each school write books which are translated and exchanged. We’ll find out how these schools have connected before and after the earthquake.

Tony Blair Testifies about Run-up to Iraq War, What Could Work in Afghanistan?, Schools Move Recess — Before Lunch, Massachusetts School Connects with Haiti through Book Exchange, John Singer Sargent and the Painting that Made His Reputation

Big Proposals for Small Businesses, A Small Business Reflects on President’s Promises, Amid Economic Doom, Irish Emigrate Again, Amid Economic Doom, Irish Emigrate Again, Coming Soon to the U.S.–Scottish Haggis, Remembering Historian Howard Zinn

How does the State of the Union look to Job Seekers in Rhode Island?, Previewing the State of the Union, Toyota Announces Recalls: What to Do if Your Car’s On List, Emotional Medicine: A Father Takes Extraordinary Measures to Save Children, Pierre Boulez

President Plans Federal Budget Freeze, Texting as a Parenting Tool, at Home, French Report Urges Ban on Face Veils in Public, Is the Next Real Estate Bubble in Pakistan?, ‘Trout Fishing In America’ Revisited

Surfing the Brown Wave, The Rise & Fall of Haiti, Gaza’s Economy, A Year Later, Foreclosures Create Obstacle in 2010 Census, State Department Sends Bands Abroad for Musical Diplomacy

How Will Supreme Court Campaign Spending Decision Shape Future Elections?, Is Oil Over?, A Collector Sees America’s History in Vintage Smoking Stands, A look at the Latest Sports News With Bill Littlefield

The Browning of America?, A Look at Addiction in America, Maine’s Thomas College Guarantees Students Will Find Jobs, Banks in Haiti Slowly Reopen and Process Money Transfers, Celebrating Guitarist Django Reinhardt

Brown Victory Means New Day in D.C. and in Massachusetts, Republican Senator Judd Gregg on What’s Next for Health Reform, California Braces for Third in Series of Storms, Doctor in Haiti Tells of Makeshift Medical Care Amid Aftershocks, Painting Art Along a Longitude

We speak with Dr. Evan Lyon, who is working in Haiti and tells of being forced to do amputations with a hack saw bought from the hardware store because of a shortage in medical supplies.

We take a trip to a Haitian church and hear from relief organizers in Boston to see how the area’s residents are responding to the earthquake in Haiti.

Massachusetts Voters Head to the Polls, Obama’s #2 for Drug Policy Calls for Treating Addiction like Chronic Illness, Private Firms Take up Job of Rescue and Security in Haiti, A Conversation with Guitarist and Composer Julian Lage

Massachusetts Senate Race, Scrambling for Health Care Reform, Is the Fairness Doctrine Ancient History, Haitians Wait for Word in Boston, Positive Outlook Among Black Americans, Hurt Locker

Haiti-U.S. Relations, Texting Help to Haiti, Financial Crisis Commission Hearings, Desperation from Port-au-Prince, Bees in Appalachia, Mexico-centric Indie Rock

Close Massachusetts Senate Race Catches Democrats Off Guard, Doctors Worry Generic and Brand Name Drugs Aren’t Interchangeable, Aid Worker in Haiti Reflects on Country in Need, Investors Discuss Clean Energy Sector, Jazz Musician Pat Metheny Plays Instruments By Remote Control

Bankers Scrutinized Over Financial Meltdown, Aid Organizations and Haitian-Americans Mobilize Resources for Earthquake Recovery, New Poll Finds Afghans More Optimistic about Country, Personal Scandals Rock Politics in Northern Ireland

President Mulls Tax On Wall Street, Double Agents, ‘Necessity Defense’ in Tiller Trial, Officials Brace for 3rd Wave of Swine Flu, Finally Freedy

Congress Returns, Lives in North Korea, Late Night Musical Chairs, Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Bill

85,000 Jobs Lost in December, American Buffalo, Airport Security, Rehab for Terrorists, Looking for the Green

Airline Bomber Report Will ‘Shock’, Report on The Long War–on Cancer, Nigerian President’s Absence, Snowboarder Kevin Pearce Suffers Brain Injury, Dude, Where’s My Flying Car?